Large File Support for native Windows platforms.

[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-headers / sys_types.texi

diff --git a/doc/posix-headers/sys_types.texi b/doc/posix-headers/sys_types.texi
index 35d24c0..29bb9ae 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-headers/sys_types.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-headers/sys_types.texi
@@ -23,4 +23,12 @@ MSVC 9.
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On some platforms the types @code{blksize_t} and @code{suseconds_t}
+are signed integer types that are wider than @code{long}:
+glibc x32
 @end itemize
+
+This module, together with the module @code{largefile}, also defines the type
+@code{off_t} to a 64-bit integer type on some platforms:
+mingw (except mingw64), MSVC 9.